Composition: Matthäus-Passion, H.782 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)

Title Matthäus-Passion
Alternative title Passions = Music von C.P.E. Bach
''Libretto Title Page'': '''''JESU Leiden und Tod nach dem heil. Evangelisten Matthäo, mit einigen Betrachtungen, zur Fastenzeit 1769 in den Hamburgischen Kirchen nach Bachischer Musik abgesungen.'''''
Creators Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (composer) and Anna Luise Karsch (librettist) and Johann Joachim Eschenburg (librettist)
Opus Wq. deest
Instrumentation 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2 basses, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements
Keys G minor
Composed 1768
First published
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Average duration (sec) 6120
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Composition types Passions
Language German
Period Classical
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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete Manuscript 1769 Incomplete Score · view
view Complete selections Manuscript 1769 Movement XXXVI · view
view Complete parts Manuscript 1769 Complete Parts · view
view Complete parts Manuscript Complete Parts · view
view Complete Manuscript 1825 Complete Text · view

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